I was very touched by the premise of Savannah's own Dawn Baker's book. Dawn's Daughter: Everything A Woman Needs To Know is exactly what we need for our teen girls and young adults today. If you are a young woman, I urge you to read Dawn's Daughter.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen Covey
ISBN: 0-7432-6951-9
www.stephencovey.comIn The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with
fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity — principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
By Sean Covey
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-85609-4/ISBN-0:0-684-85609-3
www.stephencovey.comBeing a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens will engage teenagers unlike any other book.

An indispensable book for teens, as well as parents, grandparents, and any adult who influences young people, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is destined to become the last word on surviving and thriving as a teen and beyond.

The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem
By Sue Patton Thoele
ISBN:1-57324-5 69-0
www.suepattonhoele.comSue Patton Thoele continues her quest to help readers enhance their self-esteem and tap into their core emotional strength. Geared to women who too often find themselves meeting the wants of others at the expense of their own needs, the book provides necessary tools to help readers transform their fears into the courage to express their own authentic selves. By sharing her own journey and the journey of other women, Thoele helps readers learn to set boundaries, change self-defeating behavior patterns, communicate effectively, and become a loving and tolerant friend to themselves. This tenth-anniversary edition contains 30 percent new material, including a new introduction.

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff Series

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and It’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways
to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life By Richard CarlsonISBN: 0-7868-8185-2
www.dontsweat.com / www.richardcarlson.comDon’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and It’s All Small Stuff is an audiobook
that tells you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive
you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson
reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your incredibly hurried,
stress-filled life.

You can learn to put things into perspective by making the small daily
changes Dr. Carlson suggests, including advice such as “Choose your
battles wisely”; “Remind yourself that when you die, your ‘in’ box won’t
he empty”; and “Make peace with imperfection.” With Don’t Sweat the
Small Stuff… you’ll also learn how to:
• Live in the present moment
• Let others have the glory at times
• Lower your tolerance to stress
• Trust your intuitions
• Live each day as it might be your last
With gentle, supportive suggestions, Dr. Carlson reveals ways to make
your actions more peaceful and caring, with the added benefit of making
your life more calm and stress-free.

For Women: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Women: Simple and
Practical Ways to Do What Matters Most and Find Time for You By
Kristine Carlson with Richard Carlson – Contributor

If you’re like most women, “hectic” is how life is on the good days.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. Part of the #1 national best-selling
series Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, this guide will escort you through
the twists and turns of the everyday with a healthy dose of practical
wisdom, calm spirits, and good humor.

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens: Simple Ways to Keep Your Cool in Stressful Times By Richard CarlsonISBN: 0-7868-8597-1

Now the #1 bestselling author of the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Series, Richard Carlson, Ph.D., offers teenagers simple, helpful wisdom
for coping with everyday issues. Anyone who thinks teens have it easy
hasn’t been to a high school recently. As the headlines remind us almost
daily, America’s teenagers deal with stress in just about every facet
of their lives: academics, sports, social situations, family life, money
matters, even work. Now Richard Carlson, author of the Don’t Sweat
series, with sales of 12 million copies, applies the same techniques to
teens that have made his other books required reading for anyone coping
with life’s everyday challenges. In simple, straightforward language,
Dr. Carlson addresses common teen concerns with chapters such as: “Make
Peace with Your Mistakes,” “Be Creative in Your Rebellion,” “Be Okay
with Your Bad Hair Day,” “Turn Down the Drama Meter,” and “Notice Your
Parents Doing Things Right.” As with his other Don’t Sweat the Small
Stuff titles, teens and their parents will find that Richard Carlson’s
positive approach helps to minimize the impact stressful situations have
on their lives.

Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your
Work and in Your Life By Spencer Johnson, with a Foreword by Kenneth
BlanchardISBN: 399-14446-3
www.spencerdjohnson.comSpencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese? is a bestselling book that has
helped millions of people around the world adapt and succeed in
changing times. Now Dr. Johnson has adapted his story for the picture
book audience so that, starting from the earliest age, children can view
change as a positive thing that can lead to new opportunity.

Young readers will enjoy following the story of the four little
characters, Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw, who make their way through a
maze looking for the “Magical Cheese” that makes them happy. And once
they find the Cheese, it seems like it will last forever-until one
morning when everything changes. Who moved their Cheese? Will it come
back? Or will they have to look for different Cheese, venturing onto
strange paths, around corners they’ve never explored? As children follow
these friends through the maze of change, they can try to figure out
which character they’re most like-or which they most admire-and what
their own Magical Cheese might be.

Spencer Johnson, M.D.’s New York Times #1 bestselling book Who Moved My
Cheese? – An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change at Work and in Life has
inspired and entertained millions of adults. Now even the youngest
readers can share the story, learning how to deal with change-and win!